One word can describe Washington, D.C. today: Energy. Nervous energy, positive energy, emotional energy. If you can think of any kind of energy that can be felt by a human, it was present at the inauguration. People were crying, jumping up and down, hugging each other, and chanting. And I am sure that some people were not excited to see Barack Obama place his hand on the Lincoln Bible and take the oath. But one thing is certain; The majority of the 1.4 million people in the crowd and the millions and millions of people watching around the world were full of positive energy at seeing the first African American president elected in the United States and the first glimmer of hope and change the country has seen in a long time.